St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-31
a gigantic snake with two fore paws, or
fipperS, and a fOrked tail similar to that

a gigantic snake with two fore paws, or
flipperS, and fOrked tail similar to that
usually delineated in representations of
the prince of darkness, and i'll the mid
die OF the body were two gigantic fins,
which at first glance looked like wings.
The dimensions of the monster were
given as thirty feet in length and about
as large round the belly as a full-grown
man.
Armed with the document and picture
a representative of the GLOBE set out
for Wayzata and was fortunate enough.
to find, upon leaving the cars at the
depot, an eyewitness of the manouvers
of the monster in the person of A. p.
Dlckey, at present engaged in building
bridge across Shafer's narrows, point
opposite to WayZata on the west. Ac-
cOrding to his statement, several days
ago while at work on the bridge with
Messrs. George Mclean and Jacob
Snow, the narrator saw what at first
looked like log moving down Lake
Minnetonka from Cedar point.
''YOu will all say this is another snake
story" he said, looking around at
group of Open-mouthed rusticS who had
been attracted by the advent of a
stranger and a note book, "but what [
am telling you l saw with my own eyes.
My companions on the bridge did not
see the thing, whatever it was, until L
directed their attention to it, and finally
it came within 200 yards of us. Raising
its head several feet, for by this time it
gave unmistakable signs of life, the
monster began to threSh the water vio-
lently, and at the same time Topped
over, showing its white belly. This was
repeated several times, and the time oc-
cupied was fully five minutes. From
my observation L should say that
IT WAS THRTY-FIvE FEET LONG.
'Closer inspection made it look like the
head and fOre-ShoulderS of an alligator,
for it came within six or seven rods of
the bridge before it finally dived out of
sight, and 1--WE did not see it rise again.
All the "details were listened to with
the deepest attention by the crowd now
gathered about the Story-teller, who was
an honest-looking, well-dressed fellow.
and too much in earnest with his sub
lect to give the faintest suspicion of in
tOXication. Then it occurred to one of
the group that lady named Thurston
had also said something about seeing a
monster last Saturday in the lake. A
walk OF few minutes over pleasant
stretch of sward soon brought the
GLOBES representative to a browns
painted cottage on a bluff overlooking
the lake and surrounding country.
In response to knock at the cottage
door Farmer Thurston appeared and
ushered his visitor into the parlor.
where the mistress of the house was.
sitting.
Last Saturday afternoon, the a1st of
May" she began, 'just after the
shower, l had occasion to go to the edge
of the bluff to look after my children. i
did not see them for few minutes, and
stopped to listen for sounds from thems
While thus waiting my attention was
attracted to what at first seemed to be
the struggles of a man drowning in the
lake, few feet beneath where / stood.
The water was lashed to a foam by
something, and while looked more in
tently, | saw it come up out of the water.
with head erect, several feet. What 1